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A very scarce Victorian moveable book for children, colourfully depicting 'Little Red Riding Hood'. A very scarce work.This volume contains a total of eight colourful moveable scenes, telling the fairy tale 'Little Red Riding Hood'.Dean & Son were a noted London-based publisher in the nineteenth century, one of the first publishers to introduce pop-up books for children. Their "living picture" books began being published in the 1860s, with the animations activated by pulling a tab and moving the pictures.Publisher's adverts to the paste downs and endpapers.'Little Red Riding Hood' is a beloved fairy tale, these illustrations showing the young Little Red in a vivid red hooded cape, and a blue dress. The tale has a long history, but was first published by Charles Perrault in his 'Histoire et Contes du Temps Passe' anthology in 1697, in which he introduced the detail of the redness of Little Red's coat.Collated; page 1 tab is a little defective but present; page 3 tab does not work; page 4 lacks the tab; page 5 tab is a little defective but present; pages 7 and 8 lack the tabs.Undated, dated from the publisher's code to the rear wrap, '15,000-5,59'. Dean and Son used these codes to distinguish when their works were published, this work being published in May 1859. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart, with some rubbing to the boards. Light bumping to the extremities, resulting in a little loss of paper. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Minor marks to the boards. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Textblock is held to the boards by cords only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some spots. Some tabs have been repaired and restored. Page 1 tab is a little defective but present. Page 3 tab does not work. Page 4 lacks the tab. Page 5 tab is a little defective but present. Pages 7 and 8 lack the tabs. Good Only. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 895P8
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